Where does “pikkutavara” come from?
pikkutavara (Finnish) comes from Finnish pikku, from Finnish pieni, from Proto-Finnic peeni — little, small; fine.
pikkutavara (Finnish): small item, ornament, smallware
Definitions
- small item, ornament, smallware
Ancestry of “pikkutavara”, step by step
pikkutavara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pikku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pikku | little, small; little old |
| 2 | Finnish | pieni | little, small; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | peeni | little, small; fine |
via Finnish tavara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tavara | good, goods, ware, article; belongings, stuff;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | -á | Used to form the third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -i | — |